title: Splenic hydatid cyst attacking retroperitoneum.
abstract: Hydatid disease most commonly affects the liver and lungs but no organ is immune. Splenic hydatid cyst is a rare clinical entity. Although the patients are usually asymptomatic, the disease may present with secondary infection, adhesion to adjacent organs with fistulisation or rupture into abdominal cavity. We present a 67 year old women with splenic hydatid cyst. Severe adhesions and tumorlike growth were found in the retroperitoneal region. To our knowledge, retroperitoneal invasion with a splenic hydatid cyst is a very rare clinical condition. Total splenectomy was performed without complication.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Vakıf Gureba Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. drbkaya@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Bülent
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kaya
authors.forename: Yalım
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Uçtum
authors.forename: Rıza
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kutanış
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009852:Omentum / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology*; D013156:Splenectomy; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed